Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Lerestvedt Mines, Øyestad, Arendal Iron Mines, Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 64707
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-64707.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lerestvedt Mines, Øyestad, Arendal Iron Mines, Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lerestvedt Mine
Væding Mine

Latitude: 58°25'23"N
Longitude: 8°41'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.423055555556,8.6919444444444

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Calcite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	None	Perovskite	Pyrite	Rhodonite	Skutterudite	Spinel
Zircon

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As C Ca Co Fe H Na O S Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar None Perovskite Pyrite Rhodonite Skutterudite Spinel
Zircon

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*	Magnetite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	89732	8803
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	2	89732,89733	161
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	89733	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	89732,89733	8173
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	89732	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	89732	39462
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	1	89732	531
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	89732	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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